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Old 01-08-2008, 02:13 PM
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Even if you've never been there, most people have heard of Eel Pie Island.
I cut this out of my local freebie rag this week; perhaps some of you might be interested:



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Hmm, so the Eel Pie Club isn't actually on the Island
It's in London Road, heading up towards Twickenham

It's nice to see that some people do still remember the island though

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Old 01-08-2008, 04:47 PM
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If that is Norwich Cathedral,it is the second highest steeple in Britain after Salisbury,which I believe was the tallest building the world until the Eiffel Tower came along. I will stand corrected on that if need be!
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Old 01-08-2008, 04:50 PM
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It is Norwich Cathedral .... one of two in the city. This is the other one - St Johns Catholic Cathedral ...

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Old 01-08-2008, 06:18 PM
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I've always wanted to see snow like that. In London it was always brown and strange.
Perhaps they're having problems with the drains?
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Old 01-08-2008, 06:53 PM
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If that is Norwich Cathedral,it is the second highest steeple in Britain after Salisbury,which I believe was the tallest building the world until the Eiffel Tower came along. I will stand corrected on that if need be!
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Lincoln cathedral was the tallest building in the world for some 250 years until the 16th century when lots of it fell down during a storm and wasn't replaced.

It was supposedly 525 ft which meant that but for its accident it would have held the record until the 19th century.
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There are lots of good things about Britain.
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Hmm, so the Eel Pie Club isn't actually on the Island
It's in London Road, heading up towards Twickenham

It's nice to see that some people do still remember the island though

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Bloody pick-nitters...............!

That article mentions boating over to the island - but I know that there is a footbridge across.
Does anybody know if that has been added since the 60s?

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Old 01-08-2008, 08:31 PM
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I meant Norwich. Norwich is the city,Norfolk is the county.
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I was born and raised in Connecticut - practically every city is named after one in England - we have a Norwich and a Norfolk. I was born and raised in the town of Bristol. Yep.
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Bloody pick-nitters...............!

That article mentions boating over to the island - but I know that there is a footbridge across.
Does anybody know if that has been added since the 60s?

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There used to be a bridge onto the island in the 1960s - but some people would arrive by boat.





The whole island went on fire a few times, especially the hotel

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This place is quite nice too .....
Was that photo taken recently?
I know Britain can have some really poor weather during Summer but ........

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There used to be a bridge onto the island in the 1960s - but some people would arrive by boat.

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Would that be the bridge of pies?

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Was that photo taken recently?
I know Britain can have some really poor weather during Summer but ........

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Would that be the bridge of pies?

I'll get my coat

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Britain is so picturesque, but the land has a shadow that hangs over us,
That's pie in the sky.

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Old 03-08-2008, 06:29 AM
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That's pie in the sky.

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Oh no, not again, my girth can't stand it .....

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